Mechanisms underlying the interactions between rapid estrogenic and BDNF control of synaptic connectivity

Neuroscience

Volumn 239, Issue , 2013, Pages 17-33

  Srivastava, D P ^a   Woolfrey, K M ^b   Evans, P D ^c  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c BABRAHAM INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

17 estradiol; Brain derived neurotrophic factor; Dendritic spines; Oestrogen receptors; Signal transduction; TrkB

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR RECEPTOR; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR 30; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; NEUROTROPHIN; NEUROTROPHIN 3; NEUROTROPHIN 4; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; PHOSPHOLIPASE C; POSTSYNAPTIC DENSITY PROTEIN 95; VOLTAGE GATED CALCIUM CHANNEL;

CELL STRUCTURE; DENDRITIC SPINE; HUMAN; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE FUNCTION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; DENDRITIC SPINES; ESTROGENS; HUMANS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 84876090088     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: 18737544     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2012.12.004     Document Type: Review

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